Hunting Evil: The Nazi War Criminals Who Escaped and the Quest to Bring Them to Justice – Guy Walters

At the end of the Second World War, an estimated 30,000 Nazi war criminals fled from justice, including some of the highest ranking members of the Nazi Party. Many of them have names that resonate deeply in twentieth-century history -- Eichmann, Mengele, Martin Bormann, and Klaus Barbie -- not just for the monstrosity of their crimes, but also because of the shadowy nature of their post-war existence, holed up in the depths of Latin America, always one step ahead of their pursuers. Aided and abetted by prominent people throughout Europe, they hid in foreboding castles high in the Austrian alps, and were taken in by shady Argentine secret agents. The attempts to bring them to justice are no less dramatic, featuring vengeful Holocaust survivors, inept politicians, and daring plots to kidnap or assassinate the fugitives. In this exhaustively researched and compellingly written work of World War II history and investigative reporting, journalist and novelist Guy Walters gives a comprehensi
About the Author:
GUY WALTERS is a former Times of London reporter and is the author or editor of six books about the Second World War and the Nazi period: four thrillers including The Traitor, a collection of WWII memoirs and a critically acclaimed history of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He lives in England with his wife and two children. For more information, visit his website, http://www.guywalters.com